IN82 Projector Measurements and Calibration Posted on October 4, 2007 By Art Feierman 1. InFocus IN82 Home Theater Projector Review - InFocus IN82 Projector Highlights - InFocus IN82 Home Theater Projector Review: Overview2. InFocus IN82 Home Theater Projector: Physical Tour3. InFocus IN82: 1080p Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality - InFocus IN82 Home Theater Projector: Skin Tones4. InFocus IN82 Projector: Black Levels and Shadow Detail - IN82 Home Theater Projector: Shadow Detail Performance5. IN82 Home Theater Projector: Shadow Detail Performance 26. IN82 Home Theater Projector: Sharpness7. InFocus IN82: Overall Picture Quality8. InFocus IN82 Home Theater Projector Review – General Performance - IN82 Menus9. IN82 User Memory Settings - IN82 Projector - Remote Control - IN82 Lens Throw, Lens Shift, and Lamp Life10. IN82 SDE and Rainbow Effect, Pixel Visibility - IN82 Projector Brightness - IN82 Projector - Light Leakage 11. IN82 Audible Noise Levels - IN82 Projector Screen Recommendations12. IN82 Projector Measurements and Calibration - With these adjustments: Everything the same, but changing the gain and offsets to: - The results were: - As usual, I only measured Color Temperature at 100 IRE (white) - IN82 Image Noise 13. The InFocus IN82 Projector Review – Warranty - The InFocus IN82 Projector Review - Warranty14. Home Theater Projector Review: InFocus IN82 DLP Projector: Summary, Pros, Cons - Stacking the IN82 up against the competition - InFocus IN82 projector, Pros, Cons, and Typical Capabilities15. Home Theater Projector Review: InFocus IN82 DLP Projector: Summary, Pros, Cons 2 - InFocus IN82 Projector: Cons - InFocus IN82 Projector: Typical Capabilities - InFocus IN82 Summary:16. InFocus Play Big IN82 Projector Specifications I’ll repeat. Color performance out of the box was very good, better than the majority of 1080p projectors. Setting the IN82 home theater projector up for best viewing, here are the default color temp measurements (Gamma = Film, Color Temp = 6500K): 100IRE 6136K 80IRE 6169K 50IRE 6148K 30IRE 6254K Just a little on the warm side, With these adjustments: Everything the same, but changing the gain and offsets to: Gain: Red 49 Green 50 Blue 53 Offset Red 50 Green 51 Blue 50 The results were: 100IRE 6410K 80IRE 6449K 50IRE 6489K 30IRE 6622K Greens were almost perfect with these settings, although there was just a bit too much in the darker ranges (as you have seen in some of the heavily overexposed images used for looking at shadow detail). As usual, I only measured Color Temperature at 100 IRE (white) Header Content Gamma hi-bright Color Temp setting 6500K Measured 6112K Gamma hi-bright Color Temp setting 7500K Measured 6954K Gamma hi-bright Color Temp setting 9300K Measured 8338K Gamma hi-bright Color Temp setting Native Measured 6854K Bottom Line: Typically the IN82 measures a bit warmer (more red) than the color temp setting would have you believe. Just try to remember that a shift in color temperature of just 200K – 300K, is very, very slight, and barely detectable when watching. IN82 Image Noise A classic DLP projector, with a steady amount of noise barely detectable at normal seating distances, even when looking for it. It tested well on the HQV 1080p disk with no real issues with motion artifacts, etc. For the perfectionist, there are differences between image noise performance on today’s 1080p projectors, but, for the most part, they are all good to great. There are just too many good/great companies providing image processing software to projector manufacturers, including Faroudja, Pixelworks (used in the IN82), Gennum and Silicon Optix along with others. 1. InFocus IN82 Home Theater Projector Review - InFocus IN82 Projector Highlights - InFocus IN82 Home Theater Projector Review: Overview2. InFocus IN82 Home Theater Projector: Physical Tour3. InFocus IN82: 1080p Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality - InFocus IN82 Home Theater Projector: Skin Tones4. InFocus IN82 Projector: Black Levels and Shadow Detail - IN82 Home Theater Projector: Shadow Detail Performance5. IN82 Home Theater Projector: Shadow Detail Performance 26. IN82 Home Theater Projector: Sharpness7. InFocus IN82: Overall Picture Quality8. InFocus IN82 Home Theater Projector Review – General Performance - IN82 Menus9. IN82 User Memory Settings - IN82 Projector - Remote Control - IN82 Lens Throw, Lens Shift, and Lamp Life10. IN82 SDE and Rainbow Effect, Pixel Visibility - IN82 Projector Brightness - IN82 Projector - Light Leakage 11. IN82 Audible Noise Levels - IN82 Projector Screen Recommendations12. IN82 Projector Measurements and Calibration - With these adjustments: Everything the same, but changing the gain and offsets to: - The results were: - As usual, I only measured Color Temperature at 100 IRE (white) - IN82 Image Noise 13. The InFocus IN82 Projector Review – Warranty - The InFocus IN82 Projector Review - Warranty14. Home Theater Projector Review: InFocus IN82 DLP Projector: Summary, Pros, Cons - Stacking the IN82 up against the competition - InFocus IN82 projector, Pros, Cons, and Typical Capabilities15. Home Theater Projector Review: InFocus IN82 DLP Projector: Summary, Pros, Cons 2 - InFocus IN82 Projector: Cons - InFocus IN82 Projector: Typical Capabilities - InFocus IN82 Summary:16. 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